Langston Hughes Dream Poems

To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
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What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
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Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
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I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
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I take my dreams and make of them a bronze vase
and a round fountain with a beautiful statue in its center.
And a song with a broken heart and I ask you:
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Good morning, daddy!
Ain't you heard
The boogie-woogie rumble
Of a dream deferred?
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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
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